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Trump’s immigration decision sparks fear at Penn The Temporary Protective Status program allowed migrants to find haven in the U.S. GIOVANNA PAZ Staff Reporter

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Since the beginning of the Trump administration, students and faculty at Penn have kept a close watch on shifts in United States immigration policy. Now, another recent change has sparked worry on campus.

Throughout November, the Trump administration has announced the ending of the Temporary Protected Status program for various countries, which has allowed thousands of immigrants to live and work in the United States for decades.

TPS was never intended to lead to citizenship, but rather to allow migrants from several designated countries — such as Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Haiti — to flee natural disasters or internal conflicts.

Because each of these countries entered the TPS program in different years, immigrants from different countries have been given different end dates. On Nov. 21, approximately 59,000 migrants from Haiti were told that they were being given 18 months to leave the country, prompting widespread panic within that community. On Nov. 6, close to 5,000 migrants from Nicaragua were told that they have to leave the country in 14 months, though a similar deadline has yet to be set for those from Honduras.

One College junior, who has multiple relatives from El Salvador that are protected by TPS and wants to remain anonymous, said in the wake of this policy shift, he has had to struggle silently as a student but also as a provider for his family.

“I have to personally reach out to them to help them with their cases,” he said. “I kind of educate them with what’s going on. Sometimes it’s hard to tell people there’s nothing they can do about their status, even if they’ve done everything right. Even if they have a job, or have kids.”

The College junior talked about having to work 40 hours a week and having to translate various documents for his parents, all while juggling the demands of being a Penn student.

“It’s hard to reach out to anyone,” he said.

“You’re kind of trained to do everything yourself.

ou could call it ugly. You could call it poorly officiated. You could call it “the game that broke the Internet” — literally.

But there’s one moniker that’s much harder to question: game of the century.

In a showdown that went to four overtimes — Penn men’s basketball’s first such game in 97 years — the Red and Blue pulled off a win for the history books at Monmouth. After blowing a 15-point second-half lead and fighting off a pair of unbelievable buzzer-beaters from Hawks guard Austin Tilghman in regulation and in the third overtime, Penn finished the fourth and final extra session on a 12-2 run to take home a 101-96 victory that will go down as one of the most memorable in school history.

“I’ve never been in a four overtime game, and I don’t think I’ve ever been in a three-overtime game. I’d be lying if I said for the whole time, I thought we were gonna win this game,” Penn coach Steve Donahue said. “We had to do everything to pull this one out.”

For the majority of the contest, it looked like it’d be a comfortable win for the Red and Blue (5-3). Though Monmouth (2-4) gave Penn some problems early with its speed and length on defense, the Quakers heated up late in the first half with one of their finest offensive stretches of the season.

Aided by nine first-half points from freshman guard Eddie Scott — whose previous career-high in a full

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Why New College House still does not have a permanent name The ‘descriptor’ name was meant to be temporary HALEY SUH Deputy News Editor

More than a year after its grand opening, New College House has not received its own unique name despite earlier indications that it would be renamed.

Months before the then-newly established dorm opened its doors to Penn freshmen students in fall 2016, Executive Director of Business Services Doug Berger told The Daily Pennsylvanian that the dorm would be “renamed at some point.”

“For now it will be called the New College House,” Berger said. “It will probably be renamed at some point, but for now we’re just focused on getting it open.”

A year later, the name change has yet to occur, and an upcoming residential dorm on the opposite end of campus is taking on an adapted version of its moniker. The record-breaking $163 million project has been dubbed New College House West, though Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations John Zeller has said again that this name may be temporary.

Zeller said New College House has kept its “descriptor” name because no donors currently have an interest in granting their naming right.

Multiple donors raised approximately $60 million for the creation of New College House during Penn President Amy Gutmann’s historic Making History Campaign, where Penn raised a record of $4.3 billion — $800 million more than

its target of $3.5 billion — to enhance various aspects of the University.

The lead contributions for New College House came from Stephen and Barbara Heyman, as well as members of the Lauder family, who are the founders of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. The two families share a history of giving gifts to the University. Stephen Heyman, a 1959 Wharton graduate and trustee emeritus, previously donated to several endowed professorships at Penn, while 1954 and 1965 Wharton graduates Leonard and Ronald Lauder founded Penn’s Lauder Institute, a joint-degree program that integrates management education with international studies.

However, among the group of donors that have made significant contributions to the building, there is currently no one

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who wants to put their name on the building.

“A donor has an option to put their name on [NCH] should they wish to do it, but at the present date, they have no desire to do that,” Zeller said. “For now, it will stay as NCH.” Zeller added that there are various reasons donors may not want to associate their name with the building they helped establish, despite contributing a significant amount of money.

“Recognition might not be important for them, or the timing isn’t right,” he said. “They may at some point in the future be willing to have their name associated with [the building].”

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Penn freshmen discuss value of residential programs Some programs are more selective than others ALICE GOULDING Contributing Reporter

The admissions process has begun, and Penn has already started preparations to welcome the Class of 2022. When these incoming freshmen complete their housing applications, many will apply to join one of 18 residential programs, often to find like-minded new friends or to secure a spot in their dormitory of choice. But not all applicants will be accepted.

The themes of these residential programs are diverse, spanning topics such as “Penn Women in Leadership” to the “Study of Infectious Diseases.”

All the programs, which are housed in specific dormitories, aim to bring students together to interact with people of similar interests and participate in relevant events throughout the year.

All programs require an application, which typically consists of an essay of around 500 words. Some of these programs are more selective than others, with some falling below their maximum capacity because of a

lack of applicants. Students say that the number of people accepted into their programs often changes how invested they are in it.

College freshman and member of the Music and Social Change program Ben Wasman said he applied to the program because he thought the program was niche enough that it would increase his chances of getting into the Quad. His program is located in Fisher-Hassenfeld College House.

“I had an interest in the program for sure and care a lot about it,” Wasman said. “But I also knew it would help me get into the housing I wanted.”

His program, which includes a half-credit seminar and a community service component, was capped at 19 students, according to the College Houses & Academic Services website. The program currently has 20 enrolled students, Dean of Fisher-Hassenfeld College House Ebonish Lamar said.

“If you express interest in the topic in your essay, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll get in,” Wasman said, “It’s a pretty specific program.”

Wasman added the program has helped him meet people in

his hall whom he “might not normally get to know.”

Neil Gramopadhye, College freshman and member of the Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship program, said members of his program are also close, which he thinks is related to the lower acceptance rate.

“Our leaders told us the acceptance rate is around 30 percent,” Gramopadhye said.

Gramopadhye added that even though the program reached its maximum capacity of 50, the group has stayed close.

“In the dining hall, if you see one person from the program walking around, that probably means six others are there as well,” Gramopadhye said.

However, not all students accepted into a more selective program said they feel it has significantly improved their freshman living experiences.

College freshman Aditya Rao is a part of the Integrated Studies Program — the Riepe College House residential program that is mandatory for all freshmen who are Benjamin Franklin Scholars in the College. These students participate in a fouryear academic program focus-

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ing on interdisciplinary education.

Rao said his program could have done more to connect its students, which is at its maximum capacity of 74 students.

He said he does not feel like he has had the opportunity to meet everyone in the program, citing the size of the program as the main issue.

“There really aren’t that many social events, so you really can’t get to know everyone,” Rao said. “We’ve had

one mixer. If you want to meet people in different halls, you’d probably have to have class together.”

College freshman and Goldberg Media and Communication program participant Linda Zou echoed some of Rao’s concerns, but for different reasons.

Her program, capped at 43 students, has only 21 participants, Lamar said.

“A couple of my really close friends are in the program. I wouldn’t say I’m that close

with everyone,” Zou said. “I’m well acquainted maybe.”

Though the program has held “a few” events since the start of the school year, none of them have been mandatory, and all have conflicted with Zou’s schedule.

“We had one big meeting during [New Student Orientation],” Zou said. “I’m not sure if it’s been that much better of an experience than not being in a program … but I don’t regret applying.”

Gutmann announces a range of new mental health initiatives Penn will hire five new full-time CAPS employees SARAH FORTINSKY News Editor

Penn’s Counseling and Psychological Services will hire five new, full-time staff members, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced Nov. 20 in an email to all undergraduate and graduate students. The move is in direct response to feedback received at the inaugural “Campus Conversation,” held on Oct. 30. The increase in staff size is intended “to enable expansion of hours and a reduction in wait times.”

The email stated that Penn will also be implementing a new system to review administrative processes at CAPS. Gutmann’s school-wide statement comes amid a series of calls from the student body for Penn to improve policies and resources surrounding mental health on campus. To date, 14 students at Penn have died by suicide since 2013.

“The staff at CAPS do an ex-

traordinary job in caring for our students. Yet it was clear from the Campus Conversation that, even with the investments we have made to date, greater access to CAPS services is among the highest priorities for our community,” Gutmann wrote in the email, which was also signed

by Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett.

CAPS hired four new therapists and extended its hours at the start of this academic year, but frustrations over lack of available long-term resources have not subsided. The email did not indicate whether the new staff members would be trained clinicians or more general, administrative assistants.

In addition to the proposed changes at CAPS, Gutmann’s email laid out a second administrative proposal in response to feedback received at the Campus Conversation. Penn will launch a “Campaign for Wellness,” which aims to implement new initiatives to increase the overall well-being of students on campus. The initiative will operate under the wider “Campaign for

Community,” which launched in 2015 to encourage discussion about issues that “may appear to be difficult or intractable.”

The email indicated that the new campaign would implement expanded programming for college houses and the Division of Recreation, would expand the “Take Your Professor to Lunch” program, and would create a website containing wellness resources and activities.

Penn students said they are happy to see the University taking tangible steps in response to student feedback.

“Getting the participation of the student body is pretty good, as opposed to just having bureaucrats make these decisions,” said Media Liaison of Penn for Immigrant Rights and College sophomore Erik Vargas.

Graduate and Professional Student Assembly President and third-year School of Design and Fels Institute of Government master’s student Miles Owen agreed.

“I am glad that the administration listened to all students involved in the conversation by

adding more staff members at CAPS and by stressing wellness in general,” he said. “Providing more resources to support students mental and physical health helps to reduce problems before they occur.”

However, Vargas also said he hoped to see more tangible policy solutions to the underlying challenges to mental health at Penn.

“I think the goal should be to eliminate the causes for people needing to go to CAPS,” he said.

“One fear of this is that it’s a band-aid solution. This is a step in the right direction, but I fear that, especially at a lot of liberal institutions such as Penn, it becomes like ‘We did this and now there’s no reason to do more than this.’”

Members of the Penn group campaigning for graduate students to be granted a union, Graduate Employees TogetherUniversity of Pennsylvania, agreed.

“These changes are not guaranteed to last, nor do they address structural issues in who can make decisions at Penn,”

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The new “Campaign for Wellness” was inspired by student reaction to the inaugural Campus Conversation held on Oct. 30.

read a statement from Graduate School of Education Ph.D. student and GET-UP member Miranda Weinberg. “We believe the best thing Penn could do for our overall wellness would be to negotiate a contract that guarantees adequate funding,

access to health insurance, and a grievance procedure, to name just a few of the issues cited by graduate workers across the University.”

Staff reporters Giovanna Paz and Manlu Liu contributed reporting.

In new book, Penn students share their relationships with food The book, ‘RAW,’ features narratives and photos

for us to tell our stories in a personal, subjective way,” Prabhakar said. “Students were incredibly honest in their writing, and that itself can give other students advice and comfort. The book, in a way, challenges the notion of Penn Face because it really conveys students’ raw feelings and

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What started out as a simple project between two roommates at Penn has evolved into a published book that explores the relationship between young adults and food. In a series of pieces that range from photography to text-based narratives, the book, which is titled “RAW,” covers a range of topics including healthy diets, religion and food, and eating disorders.

College seniors Sarah Holland and Isabel Zapata first came up with the idea to create “RAW” after realizing that a lot of the pictures they took and the conversations they had involved food.

The two College seniors said they wanted to create a helpful resource about food for young adults and decided to name the book “RAW” in order to reflect their thoughts on food in a “natural, clean, and honest” manner.

“We are at an age where we’re constantly making active, independent decisions about our food,” Zapata said. “But a lot of us don’t know much about our food choices and how prevalent issues about food actually are.”

The food guide features a collection of stories from over 30 college and high school students across the country, as well as some from Costa Rica. For many of the authors, some of whom

lets other people know it’s okay to be vulnerable.”

Since October, copies of the book have been sold on campus during specific sale days, which are announced through the RAW Facebook page. All proceeds from the book, which each costs $20, will go toward Philabun-

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“It just didn’t feel right getting money for other people’s stories that helped us make this,” Holland said. “As cliche as it sounds, we wanted to give back to the community.”

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College students Sarah Holland and Isabel Zapata came up with the idea for “RAW” after realizing that many of their interactions involved food.

decided to remain anonymous, it was the first time they were able to talk about their relationship with food.

“A lot of the people told me they’d never been able to speak about their personal issues with food before,” Holland said.

Physical health and mental health were two major themes that emerged when the two students reached out to friends to get potential ideas for their project.

The two founders said they intentionally featured a wide variety of pieces, including photography, research-focused and informative texts, and creative writing pieces.

Engineering senior Matthew Zwimpfer, who participated in

the photoshoots for “RAW,” said the book covers a diverse range of stories that the audience can relate to.

“I think the whole point of the book is that it’ll open up conversations about topics people don’t usually talk about,” Zwimpfer said. “That’s very important, especially with mental health becoming a major point of conversation on campus.”

College junior Tamara Prabhakar, who wrote a piece for the book, said “RAW” provided her with a unique platform to write about the intersection of food and psychology.

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MONDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2017 VOL. CXXXIII, NO. 89 133rd Year of Publication CARTER COUDRIET President DAN SPINELLI Executive Editor LUCIEN WANG Print Director ALEX GRAVES Digital Director ALESSANDRO VAN DEN BRINK Opinion Editor REBECCA TAN Senior News Editor WILL SNOW Senior Sports Editor CHRIS MURACCA Design Editor CAMILLE RAPAY Design Editor JULIA SCHORR Design Editor LUCY FERRY Design Editor VIBHA KANNAN Enterprise Editor SARAH FORTINSKY News Editor MADELEINE LAMON News Editor

Penn’s motto is the Latin phrase, “Leges sine moribus vanae,” which translates to “Laws without morals are useless.” After the recent revelations of the Paradise Papers, it is obvious that Penn hasn’t been entirely practicing what it preaches.

The Paradise Papers, released on Nov. 5, 2017, are a set of 13.4 million electronic documents that describe the offshore investments of over 120,000 businesses, individuals, and companies. Some of the high profile individuals whose financial affairs are mentioned include Queen Elizabeth II, Bono, and various heads of state. Furthermore, well-known international corporations that own offshore financial companies, including Apple, Nike, and Facebook, are named. Of greatest relevance to us as college students is the revelation that more than 100 United States universities have hidden assets by investing in offshore tax havens. Most disturbingly, this includes Penn.

The fact that these practices are technically legal doesn’t make them any less reprehensible.

The taxes that Penn has avoided paying through shady offshore investments — largely in loosely regulated territories such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico — could have gone to

bettering our country, both on a federal and state level. The money that is now sitting on some beach in the Caribbean, growing larger and larger, could have gone into funding a public school in West Philadelphia, fixing America’s crumbling infrastructure, or supporting the depressingly underfunded Social Security system.

Not only is Penn’s avoidance of taxes detrimental to society, but it also goes against the school’s mission statement as an institution of higher education. I fundamentally believe that the purpose of Penn’s endowment, which has been growing exponentially in recent years, and now stands at $12.2 billion, is not to invest in volatile private investments, but instead to fund research and to increase the quality of student life. Penn needs to find ways to increase distributions from its monumental endowment rather than focusing solely on increasing its size.

There are plenty of areas that Penn students want to see supported, such as more funding for the Asian American Studies Program and Counseling and Psychological

Services and a general increase in financial aid. Perhaps, these would be more valuable investments to the University and its students than an offshore company in the Caribbean.

As many college students across the nation continue to struggle to pay off their massive college debts, with student loans becoming the second highest consumer debt category exceeded only by personal mortgages, the hypocrisy of wealthy schools scheming the tax code to hoard ever larger endowments has

nonprofit status. Most universities, including Penn, pay no property tax, no 15 percent capital gains tax on investment returns, and, of course, no federal corporate income taxes.

Worryingly, Penn’s practices are not precisely illegal, and are actually very usual within the world of higher education. “Nonprofit institutions like Penn and other renowned universities will often take advantage of tax loopholes to grow their endowments, so whether or not you agree with the morals, it is common practice,” Daily Pennsylvanian Senior Reporter Caroline Simon, who researched the Paradise Papers, told me.

But just because everybody else is doing it does not mean it is right. Although legal, it is not surprising this was all done in secrecy, and required years of investigation by teams of journalists, including the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, to uncover these practices. Such secrecy was obviously required, as what was being done was not done in the spirit of the law.

One would expect this type of behavior from Wall Street CEOs and

After the recent revelations of the Paradise Papers, it is obvious that Penn hasn’t been entirely practicing what it preaches.” been made profoundly transparent.

The situation is set to get dramatically worse as tuitions continue to rise each year, outpacing the rate of inflation.

This is all particularly perverse considering the massive tax breaks Penn already receives, given its

SPENCER SWANSON large multinational corporations, but the fact that universities, which are meant to be pillars of virtue, also indulge in these same practices of deception is offensive. It is hard not to react with an intense feeling of disappointment knowing that we attend an institution that expounds liberal values of virtuousness and citizenry, but betrays them behind closed doors. As the corporatization of higher education continues, perhaps we as a community should no longer be shocked that universities really do appear to be big businesses cloaking themselves in the guise of idealism and education.

SPENCER SWANSON is a College freshman from London, studying philosophy, politics, and economics.

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SIMONETTI SAYS SO | The invisible struggles of queer college students About a month ago, I published an article in 34th Street Magazine, telling my friends, family, and the Penn community that I am bisexual.

I grew up in New York City — a place that, to many, presents itself as the liberal epicenter of the East Coast, where everyone is confident and proud. But for me, New York was limiting.

In high school, it didn’t seem like there was a queer community that I could connect to. Nearly all of my friends were straight, and I let everyone assume I was too.

At Penn, however, embracing the piece of myself I’d been hiding for so long became an option. I was away from my high school in New York, where I’d fallen into toxic corners of materialism and self-doubt. Corners that I knew existed at Penn, but felt more avoidable here.

Instead of going to school with a couple hundred people, I was in a brand new city with over 10,000 fellow undergraduate students. There had to be a place for me somewhere, even the parts of myself I was unsure of.

During my first month here, recruitment flyers for clubs piled up almost as quickly as homework assignments. I met hundreds of new students whose names I could never remember, and frequented info sessions for different organizations, hoping I’d fit in somewhere. While intimidating and sometimes lonely, the size and breadth of Penn made it

a place where I could be more true to myself than I was in high school.

Depending on individual circumstances, college can seem like a good place for students to accept their identities. But there are parts of the culture here and the transition to Penn that everyone struggles with. Grappling with one’s sexuality adds a whole new layer to the adjustment process, one that is invisible to most others. Often, students coming to terms with their queer identities must carry the weight of this invisible layer alone. But they shouldn’t have to.

While there are supportive and accepting people at Penn, we should continue to challenge the less inclusive spaces in the community. Even though these environments can make you feel like you don’t belong, remember that you do. The ubiquity of these spaces and the tacit acceptance of them do not validate their exclusive nature.

Although college offered me a fresh start, one thing I didn’t have was a support system. It’s difficult to find true friends in college — people we feel safe with and can rely on — especially as a freshman. Initially, no one here knew me beyond superficial conversations and awkward waves on Locust Walk.

Eventually, I made some new friends. We were close — or as close as anyone could be after knowing each other for only a few months.

Together, we complained about the hectic nature of New Student Orientation, long lines at Hill Dining Hall, and roaches in the Quad. Inevitably, these conversations led to guys: cooing over cute boys we’d met and lamenting about old boyfriends.

Mostly, I’d nod along and giggle, sometimes throwing in a snarky comment. Talking about guys was easy, and I didn’t want to further complicate things by revealing my sexuality to my friends. So I contin-

social scene for freshmen. Sometimes as early as Thursday night, girls, doused in perfume and dressed in all black, travel in packs to the fraternity houses. A few boys straggle along, but not so many that the gender ratio is disrupted and they’ll be denied admission. This is what most freshmen are doing; it’s the norm. A norm I feel excluded from.

The frat brothers won’t let girls and guys into their parties at equal rates in order to ensure there are enough women to hook up with.

Aside from the obvious problem with these ratios — that they reduce girls to sexual objects — they are also heteronormative.

They assume that any sexual activity that occurs at these events will exclusively be between men and women. Frat parties aren’t welcoming spaces for queer students.

And maybe the easy answer to the problem is to boycott fraternity parties, which, most of the time, I do. But where else can I go out and meet new people that is free and convenient?

I’ve come to find that just because there are a lot of people at Penn, it doesn’t mean they are my people.

I just don’t feel safe or comfortable spending my weekends doing what it feels like everyone else is doing.

Being a freshman at Penn is tough. But being a queer freshman at Penn has made my adjustment to college way more difficult than it should be.” ued to struggle with it alone.

A lot of this fear ended up being irrational. When I did come out, everyone was supportive and treated me normally. Unfortunately, other parts of Penn weren’t as accepting as my friends.

Fraternity parties dominate the

ISABELLA SIMONETTI Being a freshman at Penn is tough.

But being a queer freshman at Penn has made my adjustment to college way more difficult than it should be.

The less accepting parts of this school are discouraging, especially when the majority of my peers subscribe to them. They can make me feel like maybe I don’t have a place here. But I’m not writing this for those people or places. Although it doesn’t always seem like it, I know there are other students who are grappling with these challenges, who spend weekends hiding in their dorm rooms, listening to the muffled laughter of fellow freshmen in their halls. I want them to know that someone else is going through the same thing. We belong here; you aren’t alone.

ISABELLA SIMONETTI is a College freshman from New York. Her email address is isim@sas.upenn.edu.

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Two juniors restart historically black fraternity Phi Beta Sigma’s chapter became inactive in 2015 MICHEL LIU Staff Reporter

Two years after it left campus in 2015, a historically black fraternity has been revived on Penn’s campus.

On Nov. 10, College junior Chris Harrison and Wharton junior Michael Beavers affiliated with Phi Beta Sigma. They are the first members at Penn since the University officially recognized the chapter in October. Sigma had originally existed at Penn since 1998 as a cocharter between Penn and Drexel Universities, but the last undergraduate member of the fraternity graduated in 2015.

Harrison said participation in the group started dwindling in 2010, with around one or two members joining each year. The chapter’s “intermittent presence” eventually died down in 2015. He added that he thinks the fraternity has faced difficulty maintaining a presence on campus partly because there are fewer black students at Penn com-

pared to other minority groups.

In the fall of 2016, there were 751 black undergraduates enrolled at Penn, which constitutes slightly over 7 percent of the undergraduate population. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of black students enrolled in universities nationwide in 2015 was 14 percent.

The Phi Beta Sigma Inc. adviser for Penn Brandon Brown said that in the past, coordinating activities from the chapter between Penn and Drexel was an “administrative challenge.” Harrison agreed, adding that Drexel’s trimester system and five-year programs also made a joint-chapter difficult to maintain.

This time round, Harrison and Beavers intend to establish a chapter exclusively on Penn’s campus.

Harrison said that, unlike many students who decide to participate in Greek life, he and Beavers did not feel a connection toward a specific fraternity when they entered Penn.

“We didn’t particularly gravitate toward any [fraternity]. Seeing that Phi Beta Sigma didn’t have a pres-

ence on campus, we saw it as an opportunity to sort of cultivate that presence once more,” he said.

There are three other culturally black fraternities on Penn’s campus that have been active for years.

They are all classified as city-wide chapters, meaning that they include three or more participating universities.

Beavers and Harrison said they decided to reactivate the chapter after finishing their freshman year by reaching out to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. OFSL connected them with Brown, who had been working with Larry Moses, the former Director of OFSL and a Sigma brother, to charter a Pennspecific chapter.

Beavers said he was motivated to pursue the chapter after realizing that many mentors in his life are affiliated with Sigma.

“I was reflecting on the impact they had on me, not only as an athlete, but also as a student and a man,” Beavers said. “I thought, this is the kind of people I want to surround myself with, the network I want to have, and the kind of impact

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Wharton junior Michael Beavers and College junior Chris Harrison didn’t feel a connection to a specific fraternity when they entered Penn. They decided to bring back Phi Beta Sigma to provide an alternative.

I want to make on the community.”

Beavers and Harrison said they hope to relax black fraternities’ “competitive” culture with their new organization.

Beavers said black fraternities on campus are competitive “in the same way that Penn is competitive.”

The groups try to “outdo each other in terms of interest, attendance, parties instead of looking out for one

another.”

Both students said they plan to collaborate with other Greek organizations on events and initiatives.

They are tentatively planning to collaborate with Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation, the African-American Resource Center, and other Greek organizations to bring an activist from the Civil Rights Movement to speak on cam-

pus during Black History Month in February.

“I don’t want Penn to think that we are simply another black organization on campus,” Brown said. “I want the student body to recognize the fact that we will have another student organization on campus that is ready and willing to work with all interested individuals, departments, and other organizations.”

New improv group welcomes all prospective Penn comedians

Students create Penn version of Cards Against Humanity

Penn Improv Society has a no-cut admissions policy

They took topics from the Penn meme group

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Earlier this month, posters plastered across Penn’s campus by a new comedy group made three guarantees to all students: no applications, no interviews, and no experience required.

Penn Improv Society, formed this semester, allows any student to join, learn, and participate in improvisational comedy. The student group joins other organizations at Penn, such as the recentlyestablished UPenn Game Research and Development Environment, that are working to fight against the University’s “hyper-competitive” club culture.

A majority of Penn’s 450 student-run clubs enforce an application process for incoming members. Some, particularly those relating to finance and consulting, can have acceptance rates as low as 8.5 percent, which is lower than Penn’s lowest-ever acceptance rate of 9.15 percent.

Penn Improv Society is hoping to work against that with its lowered barriers to entry.

Before PIS, Without a Net was Penn’s only improv comedy group. The group has been around for over 30 years, but every year, they only accept a limited number of students.

Now, those interested in improve have the option to join a noncompetitive, casual club to hone their skills.

PIS founder and College sophomore Brian Goldstein emphasized that no experience is necessary to join the club.

Goldstein is a member of the Undergraduate Assembly, one of several different groups that

People across the world are familiar with the popular prompt-and-answer game Cards Against Humanity, which was launched in 2011, but now there is a version of this game that is uniquely tailored to Penn students.

Squirrels Without Morality is a meme-based card game created to help students relieve stress by making fun of the nuances of Penn culture.

The deck contains a range of prompts and answers from “aggressive flyering on Locust” to “What really made you ‘Thrive at Penn’?”

The game is a Penn-themed version of the popular card games Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity. Players match memes about Penn’s culture to prompt cards to form funny pairs. The satirical game, which has around 200 cards, was sold for $15 dollars per packet during a pre-order round that ended on Nov. 19.

The game is meant to be “a light-hearted medium for students to laugh at the absurdity of Penn’s culture,” according to the game’s website.

“We’re hoping it can start sparking conversations for people to have about the different things we are mocking through the card game,” said Wharton senior Laura Gao, one of the creators of the game.

Along with Gao, the team behind the game is also led by Wharton sophomore Melinda Hu. Since October, they have worked to send out interest surveys, collect memes from the Official Unofficial Penn Squirrel Catching Club Facebook meme group and Under

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also said. In order to avoid a “bidding type of scenario,” the naming right is usually agreed upon before the gift is made.

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When these issues come up at home, people at Penn aren’t familiar with them, so they can’t help you maneuver them. Even if they want to, they’re so complicated and personal.”

Political Science professor Michael Jones-Correa, who serves as director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration, said as a policy, TPS is interesting

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College sophomore Brian Goldstein founded Penn Improv Society to give students interested in comedy a fun and inclusive experience. “[Clubs] shouldn’t be about tons of interviews,” Goldstein said.

have made efforts in recent years to make clubs less competitive. Most recently, members of the UA have launched a new initiative to provide reviews for Penn’s different clubs in an effort to make them less competitive.

“It’s really all about having fun,” Goldstein said about PIS. “There is no exclusivity.”

College freshman Jennifer Richards said she joined the club because she enjoys comedy and wanted to pursue it in a stress-free environment while refining her improv skills.

“I got rejected after a sixhour-long audition from a selective group that was the only way I could pursue that passion [for improv comedy] before PIS came along,” she said.

The group holds meetings every Monday at 9 p.m. in Huntsman Hall room G88. The begin their weekly sessions with a group warmup before asking members to play smaller improv games, and finally ending with a larger improvised scene.

Goldstein said another motivator for forming the group was the lack of inclusive comedy groups on campus. The

underlying goal of forming PIS was to create a group that anyone could join and to create a space for those who want to get involved in comedy.

PIS has not been the only group looking to expand Penn’s comedy scene. Earlier this year, College juniors Luke Clements and Lauren Sorantino began organizing “Funny Fridays” — a new open-mic comedy night organized every month at the Platt Performing Arts House.

Clements and Sorantino said a reason they started organizing the monthly events was to encourage more students to interact with comedy. Sorantino, who is a podcast host with The Daily Pennsylvanian and a writer for Under the Button, said she believes there are more students at Penn interested in participating in comedy beyond those involved in the University’s four comedy groups — all of which have auditions.

Goldstein agreed. “[Clubs] shouldn’t be about tons of interviews,” he said. “Clubs are about people with a common interest coming together and having fun.”

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Wharton senior Laura Gao and Wharton sophomore Melinda Hu led a team of meme-lovers who created their own version of the popular party game, Cards Against Humanity.

the Button, make a deal with a manufacturer, and market the game.

Gao said the team was surprised to receive “quite a few” orders from alumni in addition to current students.

“We tried to curate a good mix of cards that were either timeless, such as ‘the lunch lady that always calls you baby’ … or currently relevant, such as ‘six dollar chicken over rice’ to appeal to both alumni and current students,” she added.

Both Gao and Hu emphasized that the main purpose of the project is not financial returns. Hu said the game has a small profit margin because it is priced at $15 per game, which is $10 less than the cost of Cards Against Humanity.

The team chose this price after an interest survey found it was the amount most students would pay for the game, Hu said.

Profits from the game will go back into projects that ben-

efit Penn, Gao said. The team has already started discussing plans to create a centralized list of clubs and specialized group chats for various courses.

“Both of them will need some resources in the back end in terms of [computer] servers,” Gao said.

The pair noted that they used many skills from their Penn coursework during the project — graphic web design, project management, and price sensitivity were necessary to bring the game together.

College freshman Felix Cui said he could imagine playing the game at a party or small get-together with friends.

“An increased sense of humor around these topics is great to tackle these sensitive issues,” he said.

The game will be available by early to mid-December. If all of the 250 copies the team ordered are sold out, Hu and Gao plan to make more versions for upcoming semesters.

if somebody else wants to put a name on it and makes a significant gift, then I’d be happy to have that happen,’” he said.

As for New College House West, the new residential building to be built on 40th and Walnut streets, Penn will be seeking support for a naming gift over

the next three to four years, Zeller said.

College freshman Varsha Shankar who currently lives in New College House said she found out that the dorm’s name was only temporary during her first house meeting in September.

“I thought [New College House] was going to be a permanent name and was going to be kind of a joke in 50 years,” Shankar said. “But apparently they are going to change it. …

The [residential advisor] and house deans said during the house meeting, ‘Oh we’re think-

ing of having a new name.’”

While the RAs and house deans did not mention the Lauder family, Shankar said she has heard through upperclassmen that the dorm would be named after them.

College sophomore Jason Pak lived in NCH during his fresh-

man year and said he did not mind if the dorm retained this temporary name.

“Honestly, New College House isn’t a bad name,” Pak said. “NCH is like a nice abbreviation and is convenient, and I think that’s what matters most for the naming of a dorm.”

because people who have benefited from it have been living in the United States for decades and at this point often consider themselves American.

Jones-Correa said the Trump administration has been signaling toward radical changes in immigration.

He said the administration is looking at the formation of a point system, similar to the one used in Canada, which focuses on education and skill sets rather than the importance

of family ties, “which has been the bedrock of the American immigration system since the 1950s.”

“These are all pretty dramatic changes in U.S. immigration policy,” Jones-Correa said. “Generally very different from the immigration policies followed by either Republican or Democratic administrations since 1965.”

Penn has been consistent in showing its support for students affected by these changes,

Jones-Correa said, but faculty and administrators have also had to “act within the bounds of the law.” He added that professors have been holding teach-ins and legal workshops for students directly affected by changes in immigration policy, with one of the next major University-wide events taking place next March.

College sophomore and Media Liaison for Penn for Immigrant Rights Erik Vargas said he has noticed that there has

not been much conversation on campus surrounding TPS as compared to the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. He added that this is likely due to the fact that there is a smaller population of students with family from the designated countries.

However, Vargas also said that Penn has provided resources for community members affected by a range of immigration-related changes, from the repeal of DACA and TPS to

the institution of various travel bans.

“There’s been support from [Counseling and Psychological Services],” Vargas said.

“We’ve been working closely with them. In the beginning of the year, if you wanted to schedule a CAPS appointment it was like a two-week wait. So if you’re directly affected by this, it is priority. If you make an appointment, you get it the next day. That’s been good institutional help.”

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game against a NCAA Division I opponent was three — Penn scored 30 points in the final 10 minutes of the half, ending it on a 23-8 run.

When sophomore guard Ryan Betley hit a three-pointer to put the Quakers up 15 points with under 15 minutes left, Penn appeared set to become only the fifth team in the last three seasons to top the Hawks in their own home gym.

But, as it turned out, the night was only getting started.

The Quakers’ hot hands from deep suddenly went cold, and as the Red and Blue saw themselves in foul trouble, Monmouth slowly crept back into the game. Penn still led 61-56 with under two minutes left, but an impeccable six-point possession — involving a threepointer from Hawks freshman guard George Papas, followed by a technical foul call on Jackson Donahue leading to four free throw attempts for the Hawks — tied things up for Monmouth.

Seconds later, after a clutch tip-in of a Max Rothschild miss by An-

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tonio Woods put Penn up by two, Tilghman hit the first of his incredible shots, releasing a 17-foot floater with a tenth of a second left on the clock that banked in to send the game to its first overtime.

“It’s a lot of highs and lows, and

when he hits [shots like that], momentum changes a lot,” Woods said.

“But we talk about adversity, and with all our talent and experience, we’ve learned to overcome that, and we did it tonight.”

Monmouth led 71-69 near the

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end of the first session following another Papas three, but Woods hit a pair of clutch free throws to keep Penn alive — no small task, considering that the two teams combined to shoot an ugly 54-for-101 from the line in a foul-riddled game.

Sophomore guard Devon Goodman missed a three-pointer at the buzzer of that period, sending the game to overtime number two.

And it was in that session that the Eddie Scott coming out party went into full effect.

Already having set comfortable career-highs in points, rebounds, minutes, and just about every other statistic, the rookie made undoubtedly the two biggest plays of his career to keep his team in the game.

With Penn down by two with under three minutes left, Scott drove to the rim and threw down a poster dunk on Tilghman, rousing the Penn bench despite missing the ensuing free throw that could’ve taken the lead.

Minutes later, with Penn down by two again, it looked like the Quakers had finally lost when Betley’s gametying jumper clanked the side of the rim — but Scott was there with an-

other highlight-reel putback jam, tying the game with 5.3 ticks left and sending it to a third overtime.

For the night, Scott finished with a career-high 21 points and 13 rebounds on perfect 8-for-8 shooting, serving as the hero in what was the wildest game of his career to date.

“The word grit is one of our core values, and we needed that throughout the whole game,” Scott said. “I feel like those two plays were just momentum shifts. But as for the whole game, we just had to play really, really gritty, play together, and just dig in and get the win.”

Though the internet in Monmouth’s gym broke down during the third frame — fittingly, given the nature of the contest — the period became Tilghman’s time to shine again. With Monmouth down 8986 on its last possession, the senior somehow managed to hit a 30-foot three-pointer with 0.6 seconds on the clock, adding yet another chapter to what was already a historic showdown.

“Yeah, I think we kinda laughed at it after a while. We were just joking, like ‘here we go, wanna play another?’” Steve Donahue said.

“We talk about grit and perseverance, and here we were like, ‘you gotta figure it out, let’s be tough there.’”

Though the Quakers were in the final period, when the team went down by five points — its largest deficit since the first ten minutes of the game, a full three hours earlier — but responded to finally put the everlasting contest to bed. Switching to a 1-3-1 zone defense, Penn got some major momentum when a steal and layup from Scott cut its deficit to one.

From there, the Quakers’ other go-to options would finish it out. An impressive and-one from Woods, who finished with a career-best 23 points, plus some free throws from Betley — who led both teams with 26 — finally sealed the deal, as Penn held strong on defense to close out a 101-96 win.

“I don’t even remember everything — I don’t know how you could,” Donahue reflected, summing up the entire arena’s thoughts.

“We did so many things that were out of character; we just wondered how we were gonna pull this off on the road — this is wild, just crazy.”

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Several players stepped up for Penn men’s basketball during its busy week, but none stepped up more than sophomore Ryan Betley.

Betley’s 71 points over four games were more than any other Quaker and enough to earn him DP Sports’ Player of the Week.

The guard has been a go-to scorer for Penn in tough situations, especially when opponents focus on classmate AJ Brodeur inside.

Over the last week, Betley shot above 43 percent from the floor and snatched 19 rebounds.

He rounded out his stat line with eight assists and three steals.

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Betley was on the floor for a combined 154 minutes out of a possible 180.

Betley’s two best games of the year so far also came this week. Against Towson on Tuesday, he scored 25 points in the team’s only losing effort at the Gulf Coast Showcase. He shot a whopping 8-for-12 from the floor, including 4-for-7 from three. After going down 32-23 in the first half, Betley supplied Penn’s final eight points of the period to narrow the deficit to four.

Betley also shined in Saturday night’s marathon quadrupleovertime win over Monmouth.

With the rest of the team in foul trouble, Betley played 55 of 60 minutes and scored 26 points.

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tying a career high with six three-pointers.

Down the stretch, Donahue repeatedly went to Betley in key possessions. In the third overtime alone, Betley scored seven points, including two key threepointers to give Penn an early cushion in the penultimate extra period. He then hit three free throws to provide the Quakers’ last three points in the final session.

While it isn’t necessarily represented on the stat sheet, Betley’s performance on defense was similarly impressive. The sophomore had two steals against Monmouth and helped to hold the Hawks to 8-for-22 shooting beyond the arc.

Without Betley’s hot shooting, Penn’s monumental victory over Monmouth could have had a much more disappointing result for the Red and Blue.

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FORT MYERS, FLA. — At least they can rest well now.

Penn men’s basketball limped across the finish line of its third game in as many days at the Gulf Coast Showcase to beat the University of Missouri, Kansas City, 68-65.

In what has been a recurring theme all season long, the Quakers (4-3) shot out of the gate, taking a 10-0 lead in just four and a half minutes.

But the rest of the game was a trench fight, as fatigue settled in for both Penn and the Kangaroos (2-5).

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Junior captain Max Rothschild scored a team-high 16 points against UMKC, completing a strong showing at the Showcase.

As such, the majority of the contest was dotted with sloppy plays and individual errors. Penn made just half of its 16 free throws, something coach Steve Donahue attributed to the fatigue.

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Ten minutes in the second half, however, featured breathtaking play from the Quakers and ultimately won them the consolation game.

It started with a block from point guard Darnell Foreman.

Just as UMKC had drawn within four, the senior captain stuffed a Kangaroo who jumped towards the rim expecting an uncontested layup. The Quakers recovered the block and dished the ball down the floor to junior Jackson Donahue, who was lying in wait in the corner.

Donahue drained his three and got the bench on its feet.

Before everyone could return to their seats, Foreman had recovered possession and dished the ball to Donahue, this time lurking in the opposite corner. Once again, the impact shooter swished his shot to complete a rapid momentum swing.

“We wanted to push it, and take advantage before their defense was set,” coach Donahue said of his team’s transition attack in the second half.

The Kangaroos threatened to level the game up later on, but after bringing it within three with 85 seconds left, they failed to score for the rest of the game. Penn ended its trip to Florida with two wins in three games and a bronze finish in a quality mid-major tournament.

Despite the fatigue from so much game time, the starters did most of the work for the Red and Blue. Leaving aside Donahue’s 11-point second-half hot streak, the bench only mustered up seven points. Junior center Max Rothschild led the team with 16 points after leading with a career-high 22 two days earlier. Sophomore Ryan Betley put up a dozen, while classmate AJ Brodeur and Foreman scored 11 apiece.

Foreman’s impact went far beyond the points column, however.

With eight rebounds — which tied his career-high set just two days earlier — five assists, and the aforementioned block, the captain had an all-around performance rarely seen from a point guard.

“He did great,” Donahue raved.

“He’s got a great floor game, great composure, and his ability now to score pretty consistently has made us a much better team.”

Penn returns to Philadelphia in high spirits and a positive record seven games into its young season.

Its next challenge lies just three days ahead with a trip on Saturday to New Jersey to face a notoriously tricky Monmouth squad.

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Watson named finalist for FCS Most Outstanding Player FOOTBALL | Senior honored for second year in a row BREVIN FLEISCHER Sports Editor

Another day, another accolade for Justin Watson.

The superstar senior wide receiver is being honored for his accomplishments once again, proving that those involved with Penn Athletics aren’t the only ones marveling at his gridiron dominance.

Watson, for the second year in a row, was just named one of 25 finalists for the prestigious Walter Payton Award, presented each year to the Most Outstanding Player in FCS Football.

After becoming the first player in Ivy League history to post three

consecutive years with over 1,000 receiving yards, it’s no surprise that the senior standout is garnering such impressive recognition.

In fact, the streak of over 1,000 yards each season is just one of the many records Watson has set in his illustrious Penn career. His 214 receptions in Ivy League contests place him at the top of the Quakers’ all-time list and second across the entire conference’s rich history, and his 33 receiving touchdowns are No. 1 all-time at Penn and No. 3 all-time in the Ivy League. Additionally, his total of 2,675 receiving yards in Ivy games is a conference record, as is his 40-game reception streak, a streak that also paces all active players in the FCS. The above records are just a small subset of Watson’s numerous accomplishments, and, as is

the case with most legendary players, these statistics led directly to victories for his team, as, during Watson’s tenure, Penn football won two Ivy League Championships.

Between the statistics and the wins, Watson has a compelling case to take home the coveted award this time around, but he won’t know until January 5 at the FCS Awards Banquet and Presentation, sponsored by sports technology, data, and content company STATS LLC. The Banquet, which is held in Frisco, Texas the day before the FCS National Championship game, will serve as one of the last opportunities for Watson to be showcased on the collegiate stage.

After that, the all-time FCS great will look to prove his mettle in the NFL.

Led by seven seniors, Penn football racks up 14 Ivy honors

Five Quakers voted in as first-team selections COLE JACOBSON Sports Editor-elect

Penn football’s epic late-season surge ultimately couldn’t secure its third straight season of Ivy League title glory, but the Red and Blue had no such shortcomings with individual hardware.

The Ivy League released its 2017 All-Ivy selections on Tuesday afternoon, and the Quakers were thoroughly represented on all sides of the ball after finishing 4-3 in conference play. Overall, 14 Penn players were named All-Ivy in some capacity — third most in the league, behind Ivy champion Yale’s 20 and Dartmouth’s 16 — and five Penn players were named first team All-Ivy, led by unanimous selection and senior wide receiver Justin Watson.

Watson — who also made headlines this week for being named as one of 25 finalists for

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With 14 receiving touchdowns on the year and a record ten-straight games with a receiving touchdown, senior wide receiver Justin Watson was a no-brainer for his third straight first team All-Ivy selection.

the 2017 Walter Payton Award (FCS offensive player of the year), joining Princeton senior quarterback Chad Kanoff as the only Ivy League players to do so — was one of nine Ivy players on any side of the ball to be unanimously voted to the first team, and it certainly wasn’t without reason.

Though a comprehensive list of his statistical records could go on for pages, some of Watson’s most impressive achievements include

his status as the only Ivy League player ever with three separate 1,000-yard receiving seasons, the only Ivy League player to have at least one catch in all 40 career games, the only Ivy League player to catch at least one touchdown in every game in a season (which he did in 2017), and the secondranked Ivy League player in career receiving yards behind only 1990s Brown star and future NFL Pro Bowler Sean Morey.

As one might expect, Watson might not be done picking up career accolades quite yet — the finalists for the Bushnell Cup (Ivy League’s top offensive player) will be announced on November 28, with the winner being revealed on December 4.

After finishing in second place in both his sophomore and junior seasons, Watson figures to have a good chance at going out on top, although fellow unanimous first

team selections Kanoff (who set his own Ivy single-season record with 3,474 passing yards), Princeton junior wide receiver Jesper Horsted, and Yale freshman running back Zane Dudek also will be in the mix.

Joining Watson on the first team were senior defensive end Louis Vecchio, junior kicker Jack Soslow, senior center Nathan Kirchmier and junior linebacker Nick Miller, putting Penn’s five first team selections behind only Yale’s eight. If Vecchio, a back-to-back first-teamer who missed most of the 2015 season with an ACL injury, chooses to return for his final season of eligibility as is expected, the Quakers’ three returning first team selections will be the most in the league.

The second team and honorable mention groups saw a combined nine selections from Penn, notably including a pair of sophomores in offensive tackle Greg Begnoche and running back Karekin Brooks.

With the exceptions of quarterback and cornerback, every one

of Penn’s positional groups saw at least one All-Ivy selection, led by the offensive line’s three in Kirchmier, Begnoche and second team All-Ivy junior offensive tackle Tommy Dennis.

In addition to Vecchio, senior linebacker and honorable mention selection Colton Moskal also is expected to return for another season, having redshirted during his freshman year at Syracuse in 2014 and thus having only used three years of eligibility. If Moskal and Vecchio both return, Penn’s nine returning All-Ivy selections will be the most in the league for the second straight year, surpassing Yale and Princeton at eight apiece.

Around the rest of the league, Dudek unanimously earned Rookie of the Year honors after leading the Ancient Eight in both rushing yards and offensive touchdowns scored. Former Penn coach Al Bagnoli, in his third year at Columbia, won Coach of the Year honors for the first time since leaving Penn after the Lions surged from 3-7 a year ago to 8-2 this year.

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Freshmen proving they have what it takes: Everyone expected Eleah Parker to have an instant impact for her team from the moment she was listed in the starting lineup for the Quakers’ first game at Binghamton. What’s been surprising is how quickly fellow rookie Katie Kinum has ascended to the top of Penn’s rotation.

After seeing just 16 minutes of action in Penn’s first two games, Kinum played for 28 and 24 minutes in the team’s two games in the Bahamas. In Penn’s game against Georgia Tech, in which every player struggled, Kinum had her breakout, scoring 17 points to keep the Quakers alive even when her teammates looked off the beat.

Kinum didn’t light up the floor quite as much in Penn’s second game of the Junkanoo Jam, but she was efficient — in her two games this Thanksgiving, she shot 64 percent from the field, including 5-for-6 from three. As her confidence grows, Penn will delight in having a successor to senior guard Anna Ross, the backcourt player currently responsible for taking charge in tense games.

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tain Lauren Whitlatch. Fellow captain Anna Ross assisted two of those en route to four dimes for her that quarter, more than the whole team in the first half.

“Looking for Lauren in transition is just natural to me,” Ross said. “I’m like, ‘Where’s Lauren? Where’s Lauren?’ I know she’s at the three-point line, so I always find her.”

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Penn has a pro-level player in Parker who is already starting every game at center. Her talent is clear to see; on Thanksgiving against Georgia Tech, the rookie scored 10 of Penn’s first 12 points.

She still needs more experience to find consistency in her game and to adapt fully to the college game, but her first four games for Penn have shown that her floor is high, and her ceiling is the sky.

Chemistry is the biggest question: Whenever the Quakers have struggled this season, the biggest reasons seems to be that they haven’t played as a team. It’s still unclear how seamlessly Parker can fit in alongside senior forward Michelle Nwokedi when both players rely on dominance in the post for their productivity. Parker’s lowerthan expected minute count in Bimini is a sign that there’s no easy solution in sight at the moment.

Likewise, the insertion of junior Ashley Russell and reinsertion of senior Lauren Whitlatch back into the lineup have been positive moves for Penn but have simultaneously destabilized the backcourt, which previously had a virtual player-coach hybrid in Kasey Chambers to rely on. The guards gave up turnovers left and right against Georgia Tech and in the first half against Missouri State, but once they finally got on the same page, they hardly put a foot wrong.

It’s the first time in two years Penn has had to deal with a significantly changed lineup, and it hasn’t been an easy transition. But if they can find the right balance and chemistry, then they should have no issue finding a third-straight Ivy League title.

Whitlatch is back and as good as ever: When senior shooter Lauren Whitlatch went down last season with a knee injury, Penn lost a crucial two-way player who made a difference every time she stepped on the court. The Quakers survived without her, but it’s clear with her back in the lineup now just how important she is to the squad.

Against Missouri State on Friday night, Whitlatch drained six three-pointers en route to a teamhigh 18 points. Her 50-percent efficiency was remarkable, but her composure stood out even more.

Barring any other injury, the senior could easily cement herself as one of the Quakers’ top-two or three scorers and clutch players over the course of the season.

The program is setting the perfect example: Penn women’s basketball is a shining example of what Penn Athletics can achieve. Not just focused on results, the program has put a clear, demonstrable emphasis on personal development and an enjoyable college experience — goals not every student-athlete on campus gets to enjoy as fully.

The team’s trip to the Bahamas was the perfect bonding and growing experience. Between the coaches and the parents, the players got to feel a strong family atmosphere in an exotic location that allowed them to have adventures and high quality basketball games.

If the Quakers had beaten Geor-

gia Tech on Thanksgiving, after all, they would have played No. 8 Baylor — a huge game, especially considering Penn is already set to play another top-ten team in Notre Dame just next week.

Above all else, there just seems to be a vibe around the team that few other programs in Penn Ath-

letics replicate. The players love being there. The coaches love interacting with their players, and vice versa. Seemingly everyone has bought into the program, and that shows in the results. This investment in the student-athletes is almost unparalleled at Penn, and it’s clearly paying dividends.

half of her six made threes, with which she scored 18 points to lead her team on the night. Ross’ 11 points were second-best, and her seven assists were the most on either team. Her two thirdquarter steals, though perhaps under-the-radar plays in the grand scheme of the thrilling game, were crucial in sparking Penn’s huge comeback.

“See[ing] her bust her butt on the court makes us want to do it even more,” Whitlatch explained.

With Penn trailing by one, Whitlatch hit the go-ahead three with 21 seconds left in the game.

Penn’s 62-60 lead was just its second time in front all night, after a brief stint eight minutes earlier. In total, the Quakers led for one of the contest’s 40 minutes.

Ross dispatched three free throws in the last 15 seconds once the Bears’ Liza Fruendt, who led the game with 25 points, missed her would-begame-tying shot and needed to

start fouling. Those three points took the game to its final score of 65-60.

“We’re gonna enjoy the heck out of this one,” McLaughlin said. “It was a great comeback, a great team win, and a great program win.”

The incredible comeback had shades of last year’s season-ending loss in the NCAA Tournament to Texas A&M. Up 21 with just over eight minutes to go, the Quakers fell victim to the largest comeback in tournament history.

The Aggies led for just one minute and 39 seconds.

This time, though, they got to enjoy the flip side of the same coin.

“I said this last year, when we had that struggle in the end against Texas A&M, that eventually we’d be in the same spot and get to feel the other side of it,” McLaughlin said. “I mentioned that to them, and I think it’s pretty cool.”

Penn’s win allows the team to leave its Thanksgiving trip

to the Bahamas with its heads held high, making amends for Thursday’s disappointing 69-55 defeat to Georgia Tech. Lessons learned and all-important bonding are the biggest things the team will take away from the trip, McLaughlin said, and they’ll refocus upon returning home.

The Quakers will be in action again next Wednesday when they travel across the city to La Salle for their first Big 5 matchup of the season.

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Rumors of the creation of a Philly Six men’s basketball tournament have recently been circulating around the city. The Philly Six — which would add Drexel on top of the Big 5 — has been endorsed by Dragons coach Zach Spiker, according to NCAA.com.

But what exactly would this tournament look like, and what is the likelihood that it’s actually created?

According to Spiker, the competition would be a sixteam tournament on the first weekend of the season every year — hosted at the Palestra, in an ideal world — that compacts the entire Big 5 sched-

ule into just three days. Seeding for the tournament would be based off the end of the previous year’s RPI rankings.

One motivating force behind this could be to lessen the burden on 2016 NCAA Champion Villanova’s schedule, as the Wildcats would then have more time to play major powerhouses throughout the year instead of scheduling mid-major programs like Penn, Saint Joseph’s, and La Salle in separate weeks.

Another reason cited by NCAA.com in favor of the season-opening tournament would be to regenerate a new buzz of excitement in Philadelphia for college basketball.

A city in love with the game, it would cherish a Philly Six Tournament, the article alleges.

Penn coach Steve Donahue is not sold on the idea, however.

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“I love the Big 5, and I want it here forever,” he said.

“Whatever’s best for all five schools, or if you want to say six [including Drexel], great, but we have something no other city has. We need to preserve it. If it needs to be tweaked to get better, I’m all for it. I think all of us are. But I don’t think anybody has the right answer yet.”

Stakeholders have been searching for that right answer for a couple years now, Donahue said. But that answer remains elusive, assuming it isn’t the Philly Six Tournament.

“Honestly, I don’t think it’s gonna happen,” Donahue said.

For now, then, Philly’s crown jewel, the Big 5, will remain untouched. More ideas, however, could surface in the near future for more change.

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Scott’s steal-and-layup in quadruple overtime also gave the Quakers the one final surge they needed to survive a game that should have never seen the light of one overtime, let alone four.

His performance was classic, and his and-one dunk in particular is a memory that will replay in the heads of all who watched for days and weeks to come.

All three and a half hours of the game were unforgettable and completely riveting to watch.

That is, if anyone even saw it all in the first place.

The ridiculous thriller was airing on ESPN3 for all across the world to see, but suddenly, in the middle of the third overtime, people started having connection issues to the stream. There weren’t just technical difficulties — as it turns out, Monmouth’s stadium’s entire network infrastructure crashed.

It’s unclear why the stadium went dark. Perhaps an overload of

people trying to access the stream online. Maybe an explosion of information trying to escape the arena with fans and reporters alike furiously sending updates out to the world. Or possibly even just a plug fell loose amid the earthshaking tempest hurtling through the place.

But the results ended up being shouted into a cell phone that called into the local radio station, as all internet and radio equipment were rendered useless. It was such an absurd event that Stan Pawlak himself, the sportscaster for Philadelphia’s WXPN, could hardly keep it together.

“Will someone just win this already?!?” a loud voice from the crowd was heard shouting over Pawlak’s trembling voice on the phone. It was the kind of spectacle that simply defied belief and imagination. The sports gods truly could not have written the script themselves.

“I don’t even remember everything — I don’t know how you could,” coach Donahue reflected after the game. “We did so many

things that were out of character, we just wondered how we were gonna pull this off on the road — this is wild, just crazy.”

Consistency isn’t this team’s strong suit eight games into the new season, but entertainment certainly is. Penn went into double overtime just two weeks ago against La Salle in the Palestra.

The result was a heartbreaker for the Quakers, but they can feel nothing short of elation this time around.

It’s these kinds of emotional extremes that make college basketball worth watching. Penn men’s basketball might not win the Ivy League this year, but odds are the Quakers will make it another captivating campaign.

And even though you should see many more thrillers in the months to come, you’ll never see another quite like this one.

WILLIAM SNOW is a College junior from Nashville, Tenn., and is senior sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at snow@thedp.com.

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THANKSGIVING IN PARADISE The men’s and women’s basketball teams played in holiday tournaments last week in Florida and the Bahamas, respectively. We traveled along with them and witnessed every win, defeat, and adventure.

Read on to find out what we learned.

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Quadruple-overtime victory was the game of a lifetime

Quakers complete epic comeback in Bahamas W. HOOPS | Penn comes from 18 down to win by five

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BIMINI, BAHAMAS — They were 18 down at halftime.

Down, but not out.

Penn women’s basketball treated the Bahamas to an unbelievable 65-60 comeback victory over Missouri State to take third place at the Junkanoo Jam. Things were looking miserable halfway through, after Penn (2-2) shot just 26.9 percent from the field — including four airballs — and gave up 11 turnovers. Only one player, junior forward Princess Aghayere, scored more than one basket from the field in the first half, and even still, she only scored two.

The Quakers weren’t gelling together. They totalled only three assists in the first 20 minutes.

“We thoroughly got outplayed,” coach Mike McLaughlin said curtly.

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Penn women’s basketball senior Lauren Whitlatch nailed a goahead three pointer with 21 seconds left to give Penn a 62-60 lead.

After the break, though, everything was different.

Exploding to life in the third quarter, Penn put up an incredible 27 points to draw within one of the Bears (1-4) with ten

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You will never live to see another Penn men’s basketball game like its quadruple-overtime win at Monmouth on Saturday night.

Why? Because nothing like it has happened in 97 years. And it definitely won’t happen ever again — at least, not in the way this one went down.

The Quakers’ epic 101-96 victory was by every stretch of the imagination an instant classic. It was the most Penn had scored in over a decade, and its first time in quadruple overtime since 1920.

With 15 minutes left in the game, the visitors were up by 15 and cruising towards its fourth victory in seven days. But for those last 15 minutes, it looked like the Red and Blue — and the referees, to a certain extent — were conspiring to lose.

After lighting up the field at over 50 percent efficiency in the first 25 minutes, Penn shot almost 15 percent in the final 15. The rim suddenly became the Quakers’ worst enemy, impenetrable and too formidable for them to overcome.

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Penn men’s basketball needed its depth, using 13 players over sixty minutes of play in the team’s thrilling 101-96 vicory against Monmouth.

But then their worst enemy inexplicably became themselves — two technical fouls indicated a lack of discipline, but four players fouling out laid it bare for all to see. Thank goodness the 21-man team is as deep as it has been in years, or else they would have been left out to dry.

Depending on how you count coach Steve Donahue’s rotation, it was Penn’s eighth man who became the hero.

Rookie Eddie Scott — who, by all accounts from the team, is one of the Quakers’ most athletic players in recent history — compiled a highlight reel and a half with 21 points and not a single missed field goal. Two monster dunks, however, cemented his near-perfect night and gave Penn two momentum shifts when it needed them most desperately.

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